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It's flooded in a nearby town, I think there's still some standing water from DAYS ago, and it rained again!
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Hello. 
As the Dutch say (and my son confirms, who studies in Scheveningen)
"if the weather is bad wait for 5 minutes!"
I have cleaned and sorted out my Israel collection today. it was a pain reading years, honestly, but now I am happy I am happy to go back to Palestine soon!
Imre
As the Dutch say (and my son confirms, who studies in Scheveningen)
"if the weather is bad wait for 5 minutes!"
I have cleaned and sorted out my Israel collection today. it was a pain reading years, honestly, but now I am happy I am happy to go back to Palestine soon!
Imre
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Quote: imrehHello.Hey Imreh,
As the Dutch say (and my son confirms, who studies in Scheveningen)
"if the weather is bad wait for 5 minutes!"
I have cleaned and sorted out my Israel collection today. it was a pain reading years, honestly, but now I am happy I am happy to go back to Palestine soon!
Imre
Where are you exactly? Israel, or the Emirates?
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
-Plato
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Quote: Lotus07Hey Imreh,Phhhh, I never know
Where are you exactly? Israel, or the Emirates?
I am a Hungarian in Budapest (well, close) normally. Now, I am on a long assignment(consulting) in Ras Al Khaimah, Emirates.
I have a home and office in Istanbul, Turkey.
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HELLO! We are finally having a bit of spring... or at least we were the last two days (beautiful sunshine and about 19-20 degrees each day). Today it's overcast and only going up to 14, but I'll still take that over the 5-degree days we were having before. 
(And, yes, Americans, I WILL use Celsius without specifying, so get out yer converters. You're the only ones who use that bloody Fahrenheit crap.
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(And, yes, Americans, I WILL use Celsius without specifying, so get out yer converters. You're the only ones who use that bloody Fahrenheit crap.
) A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
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Quote: nosouvenirsYou're the only ones who use that bloody Fahrenheit crap.And the only ones who don't use metric...
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Quote: ZuluRaptorSpaceNot reeeeally... for example, in Canada we do use km, liters, etc, but for height and weight we are often prone to using feet and pounds, rather than cm and kg. I still never know my weight in kg, although I know my height in cm now. And don't even get me started on the UK's bloody stone system!! Lol. But seriously -- for a few random things, we sometimes do follow imperial. Although it's aggravating when I go into a hospital and they ask my weight and I know they want it in kg but I can only give it in lbs.Quote: nosouvenirsYou're the only ones who use that bloody Fahrenheit crap.And the only ones who don't use metric...
However, ounces and miles can go screw themselves. Seriously.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
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Quote: ZuluRaptorSpaceNo, Liberia and Myanmar are similarly confused.Quote: nosouvenirsYou're the only ones who use that bloody Fahrenheit crap.And the only ones who don't use metric...
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Quote: neilithichighly confusing pound system that England were runningI kind of prefer the pound system...
I guess I like random arbitrary money systems.
Quote: neilithic...centigrade is so much easier.Not really. There're about the same easiness.
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Quote: neilithicCelcius is based on water. The freezing point of water is 0 celcius, boiling point of water is 100 celcius with graduated steps in between.I did not know the basis of Fahrenheit before this... but I would have agreed even before I knew. Celsius is extremely sensible. Freezing point, boiling point. It sure makes basic science a lot simpler, too.
Fahrenheit for some reason is based on 2 differing temperatures. The freezing point of brine was used as base or 0 fahrenheit, and average human body temperature was set as 100 fahrenheit with graduated steps in between.
Celcius is far more sensible.
But seriously... brine??? Who cares about brine?
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
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Originally, they made the pennies out of silver, and 240 weighed a pound. Hence 240 pennies in a pound, and calling it a pound.
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Quote: "Luker123"HelloHow did you find this post from 2014?
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In the land in the north spring is yet far away! This is what I woke up to:
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Collection wise I've basically been standing still. Trying to downsize my coin collection, but people here are mostly interested in local silver. If it's not silver it's "worthless" according to them, so the newcomers to the hobby now thinks that the fact.
I've made a new display for my medieval and ancient coins, which I'm very happy with. I have a friend with a 3d printer who just wants to use it, so he's been making coin stands for me.
Now (soon) I'm on my way to the post office to ship out some silver. And throw some trash. Hopefully I won't mix them up.
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Collection wise I've basically been standing still. Trying to downsize my coin collection, but people here are mostly interested in local silver. If it's not silver it's "worthless" according to them, so the newcomers to the hobby now thinks that the fact.
I've made a new display for my medieval and ancient coins, which I'm very happy with. I have a friend with a 3d printer who just wants to use it, so he's been making coin stands for me.
Now (soon) I'm on my way to the post office to ship out some silver. And throw some trash. Hopefully I won't mix them up.
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